Does this data show an evolutionary or computer problem ?

[Hal.]

35 member(s) have a birthday today

Paracat (22), Astrobuff (42), Deschapms (40), FreidaDarrello (26), Greameuserb (25), alenaomilina (45), Keneteagevy (39), aashop (51), CariarkGazott (43), TrumpetPlayer (28), HerpetologyFangirl (21), erichardy (23), dollieeth (23), wilderyz (23), quintith (23), hadylin (23), valeswift (23), tonyjoye (23), davidwao (23), joselarry (23), rosacindy (23), clarajaz (23), tonyavera (23), tonyalisa (23), emersont (23), clarajos (23), robinjazz (23), kavinjone (23), cheryleth (23), henryboth (23), peteryah (23), katzjame (23), ritchieth (23), byrnedam (23), bernales (23)

 

This data is from the front page for today 9 June 2011 .

 

24 of the 35 people who have a birthday today are 23 years old . Happy birthday to you's ! That's strange ! Any remarks ? Was there a lot of natural selection in the fall of 1987 ?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

They're all automated spammers, and so they all registered with the same date of birth.

[mississippichem]

They're all automated spammers, and so they all registered with the same date of birth.

 

Cap'n, got a good estimate on how many spambots we have sign up on an average day?

Edited June 9, 2011 by mississippichem

[Hal.]

I thought it was maybe a default date of birth contained in the form upon registration .

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

We ban maybe six or seven accounts daily for posting spam, but there's a large number more that hide for months, or try to spam through their profile or by profile comment. They can be hard to catch.